Government’s decades-old experiment in letting corporations deliver social services has been a disaster—for taxpayers and the poor.
housing finance
Posted inRepublic 3.0
The Monthly Interview: The Man Who Reinvented Public Housing
Working for President Nixon, Malcolm Peabody helped launch the creation of Housing Choice Vouchers, one of the few anti-poverty programs with enduring bipartisan support.
Posted inEconomy
The Boy in the Bubble
Did widespread fraud really drive the housing crisis? This former Citigroup employee was inside the bubble when it popped.
Posted inGovernment, Magazine, March/April/May 2016
Mend, Don’t End, Fannie and Freddie
Conservatives blame the mortgage giants (wrongly) for the financial crisis, and both parties want them dead. But to finish the job of financial reform without destroying the housing market and costing taxpayers billions, we need to let them live.
Posted inEconomy, January/February 2013, Magazine
The American Dream, Redeemed
How to make homeownership a safe bet for minority borrowers.
Posted inMagazine, November/December 2010
The Next Real Estate Boom
How housing (yes, housing) can turn the economy around.
